Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MY DEAR SON, RIGHT-LEARNED FRIEND, MASTER JOSEPH RUTTER, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You look, my joseph, I should something say Last Line: Concluded from a carract to a dram. Subject(s): Authors & Authorship | ||||||||
You look, my Joseph, I should something say Unto the world, in praise of your first play: And truly, so I would, could I be heard. You know, I never was of truth afeared, And less ashamed; not when I told the crowd How well I loved truth: I was scarce allowed By those deep-grounded, understanding men, That sit to censure plays, yet know not when, Or why to like; they found, it all was new, And newer, than could please them, because true. Such men I met withal, and so have you. Now, for mine own part, and it is but due, (You have deserved it from me) I have read, And weighed your play: untwisted every thread, And know the woof, and warp thereof; can tell Where it runs round, and even: where so well, So soft, and smooth it handles, the whole piece, As it were spun by nature, off the fleece: This is my censure. Now there is a new Office of wit, a mint, and (this is true) Cried up of late: whereto there must be first A master-worker called, the old standard burst Of wit, and a new made: a warden then, And a comptroller, two most rigid men For order, and for governing the pix, A 'say-master, hath studied all the tricks Of fineness, and alloy: follow his hint, You have all the mysteries of wit's new mint, The valuations, mixtures, and the same Concluded from a carract to a dram. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PEELING AN ORANGE by EVE MERRIAM TO A FRIEND IN THE MAKING by MARIANNE MOORE LITTLE BLANCO RIVER by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE YELLOW GLOVE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE THE AUTHOR TO HER BOOK by ANNE BRADSTREET ON SOME SOUTH AFRICAN NOVELISTS by IGNATIUS ROYSTON DUNNACHIE CAMPBELL THE ARGUMENT OF HIS BOOK by ROBERT HERRICK BRIGHTON ROCK BY GRAHAM GREENE by BILL KNOTT A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 1. HIS EXCUSE FOR LOVING by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 4. HER TRIUMPH by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON |
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